Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf!nadia!arium!be From: be@arium.stgt.sub.org (Bernd Ebach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: QL Emulator on ST Message-ID: <5333311@arium.stgt.sub.org> Date: 1 Mar 91 11:22:52 GMT References: <1991Feb14.110620.11306@cs.city.ac.uk> <1991Feb23.063153.22410@isis.cs.du.edu> Organization: The Great Circling Poets of Arium Lines: 37 X-Version: Rodney's UUCP modules 02/11/90 V1.18 In article klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte -- Universiteit Twente) writes: (Sender was: news@utrcu1.UUCP) > In <1991Feb23.063153.22410@isis.cs.du.edu> rcarter@isis.cs.du.edu (Ron Carter) writes: > > >Really? A QL (Sinclair!) emulator for the ST? Should be possible as the > >CPU is the same (or did the QL use a 68008 or maybe a 68010?) but close > ^^^^^ 68008 it was > >enough... Very close. To be more specific exactly the same besides just 8Bit Data~ and 20Bit AdressBus. > Should be possible, but probably is difficult. Most programs on the QL are picky > about their screen resolution :-( Has been done. For ST with extentional hardware (for displaying 512x256). For Amiga without any hardware but less kompatibility. > Should be nice, though -- a QL has a better OS (IMHO) than TOS. Depending on how you define 'better OS'. Mutitasking and windows are nice; but passing parameters trough register? Opening windows without saving background? No proper device handling? Nevertheless it was some sort of genius to program a nice multitaksing os with some sort of window handling plus a really super basic inter- preter into just 48 kB. TschauTschau Bernd -- --------------------------------------------------------------- be@arium.stgt.sub.org | be@aragon.gtc.de | ud01@kauni2.bitnet ( X.400: ud01@ibm3090.rz.uni-karlsruhe.dbp.de ) ---------------------------------------------------------------